Rank and Name,Radarman Third Class Charles V. Agnew.

Unit/Placed in,USS Birmingham (CL-62) Cruiser, United States Naval Reserve.

Charles is born in 1924 in New Jersey.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

Charles enlisted the service in New Jersey with service number # 2445304.

Charles was KIA when he helped the with fire’s on-board the USS Princeton CVL-23 when she was hit by a Japanese Air attack on, Oct. 24, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Infantry Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Charles is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/062/04062.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/